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Between the Councils of Nicea and Chalcedon there were 126 years—years that were fraught with contentious debate within the church over essential Christian doctrines. We tend to forget that now as those debates have become so remote that we don’t […]
Jake MeadorChurchCommunities
Last week I spent two days on the south side of Chicago attending the justice summit at Progressive Baptist Church, pastored by the Rev. Dr. Charlie Dates. These are some general observations from my time there, though I expect that […]
Jake MeadorChurchCommunities
Last week I spent two days on the south side of Chicago attending the justice summit at Progressive Baptist Church, pastored by the Rev. Dr. Charlie Dates. These are some general observations from my time there, though I expect that […]
Jake MeadorFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism
It is an odd thing to see a pastor from New York City presented as the spokesman for a movement supposedly defined by its concern with “winsomeness.” Though I do not know the city that well, my few trips to it have […]
Jake MeadorChurchCommunities
Anne Helen Petersen recently featured a piece on her Substack written by a Peloton customer sharing her experience with the company. What’s most striking about the piece is the title, though it is helpful to read the whole thing to […]
Jake MeadorChurchCommunities
Anne Helen Petersen recently featured a piece on her Substack written by a Peloton customer sharing her experience with the company. What’s most striking about the piece is the title, though it is helpful to read the whole thing to […]
Jake MeadorChurch
(I’m indebted to Mark Sayers and Myles Werntz for much of what follows.) If church can just permanently be online for anyone who wishes it to be, then church is effectively little more than content: it’s music and speech beamed […]
Jake MeadorChurch
(I’m indebted to Mark Sayers and Myles Werntz for much of what follows.) If church can just permanently be online for anyone who wishes it to be, then church is effectively little more than content: it’s music and speech beamed […]
Benjamin Wayman and Kent DunningtonFeaturedChurchCurrent Politicshealth
Ephraim Radner and others have recently reflected that the church’s theologians have said shockingly little about the pandemic that’s really been helpful, that’s helped Christians think clearly about this global crisis. To get our heads straight, minds clear, and hearts […]
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He is Risen
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Every year on Good Friday as a rule we go dark with regards to publishing new essays or reviews. Instead, we share a few songs to help people mark Good Friday. I pray that today will be a somber one […]
Jake MeadorHistoryChurch
In his (excellent) biography of Bavinck, James Eglinton notes a shift that happened in the great Dutch theologian around the turn of the century. Earlier in his career, Bavinck was deeply concerned with the project of reinvigorating Calvinism in the […]